Vessel_Photos.pdf
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- 140P5423Q0044
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This document contains photos and details of a sunken vessel grounding incident along with the related federal contract opportunity for its removal. The photos show a grounded sailing vessel that ran aground on Johnsons Reef within the Virgin Islands National Park on July 17, 2023, requiring divers from the University of the Virgin Islands, Coral World Ocean and Reef Initiative, and the National Park Service to relocate nearly 400 coral fragments from the grounding and extraction path, almost all of which were federally listed threatened Elkhorn coral or endangered Staghorn coral under the Endangered Species Act. The related federal contract opportunity is solicitation number 140P5423Q0044 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region seeking service for the removal of the sunken vessel Amokura at Virgin Islands National Park.
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Photos showing grounded s/v Amokura that grounded at Johnsons Reef within Virgin Islands NP the afternoon of July 17, 2023. Divers from the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), and Coral World Ocean and Reef Initiative (COWRI) were assisted by NPS divers to relocate coral fragments from the grounding, as well as removal and reattcahment of coral from the vessel extraction path. Nearly 400 coral fragments were reattached at an adjacent site at Johnsons Reef, almost all are Federally listed under the ESA; almost all Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) but at least four colonies were ESA-listed Staghorn (A cercicornis) coral.
Photo 1. s/v Amokura grounded at Johnsons Reef, within UVI, COWRI and NPS with divers removing Federally-listed Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) from the extrachtion path. St John island in background.
Photo 2. Divers COWRI, UVI and NPS remove Federally listed Elkhorn colonies (Acropora palmata) for reattachment at an adjacent site in preparation for vessel extraction.
Photo 3. Elkhorn colony directly below grounded vessel s/v Amokura hull as divers prepare to relocate the colony from the extraction path.
Photo 4. Diver assessing coral with grounded s/v Amokura in background.
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